Cal Thomas
Columns by Cal Thomas
CAL THOMAS: Getting rid of the Clintons
This being the 50th anniversary of the film "The Sound of Music," please permit me a poor adaptation of a few of its song lyrics, which fit in nicely with our current political climate. Published March 30, 2015
CAL THOMAS: A better 2016 agenda
Focusing on what works is better than ideological bomb-throwing. Published March 25, 2015
CAL THOMAS: How a bad Iran deal could destroy Israel
In 1982, during one of many visits to Israel, I had the opportunity to speak with Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who told me, "Israel needs friends." He added that in the end, his nation could not trust any nation with its fate and security. The protection of Israel, he said, was ultimately the responsibility of Israelis. Published March 23, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Sunshine Week should turn up the heat
The MetLife lawsuit offers one opportunity to put big government back on its side of the Constitution. Published March 18, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Fight campus racism with education
Turn on the news and you expect to see people of different races and politics denouncing each other. That's why what happened last week on "The Kelly File," Megyn Kelly's Fox News program, was so remarkable. Published March 16, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Hillary’s matter of convenience
The only way to put this to rest is for Mrs. Clinton to allow the FBI access to her server. Published March 11, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Fifty years after Selma, progress is remarkable, incomplete
I liked the movie "Selma," though it could have done without the rap song during credits that referenced "hands up, don't shoot," a slogan that emerged from the shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer whose actions the Justice Department recently determined did not "constitute prosecutable violations" of federal civil rights law. Published March 9, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Taylor Swift’s poor investment in New York City schools
Pop star Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to the New York City public school system. Miss Swift, who was named the world's sixth most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine, has commendably performed numerous acts of charity since moving into her $20 million Tribeca residence last year, including visits with sick children at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Published March 4, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Bibi at the barricade
Iran cannot be trusted to honor any nuclear agreement. Published March 2, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Stop the immigration flood
It's long past time to stop the influx, to seal the border and to cease allowing immigrants from nations where terrorism thrives. Published February 25, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Love, American style
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, is taking some heat — and winning praise in some quarters — for remarks he made at a private dinner last week at which he questioned President Obama's love for America. Published February 23, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Chris Cuomo: ‘Our rights do not come from God’
The framers of the Constitution clearly understood that in order to put certain rights out of the reach of government, those rights had to come from a place government could not reach. Published February 18, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Barack Obama, America’s Nero
President Theodore Roosevelt said, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick." More than a century later, President Obama speaks loudly (and incessantly) and carries a twig. Published February 16, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Bobby Jindal for president?
Governor Jindal of Louisiana may be a more formidable force than some people realize. Published February 11, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Obama should have condemned Muslim atrocities at prayer breakfast
There was a time when the 63-year-old National Prayer Breakfast was a rather mundane affair. It rarely made news. Speakers — evangelist Billy Graham spoke at most of the early ones — talked about Jesus and salvation. Presidents, beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower, would follow with unremarkable comments mostly ignored or relegated to the religion page by the secular press. Published February 9, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Middle Eastern census classification would further divide U.S.
As if we aren't already divided enough by race, class, gender, political party, economic status and sexual orientation, the federal government is reportedly thinking about creating a new category of Americans just in time for the next census. Published February 4, 2015
CAL THOMAS: The faith factor in the 2016 election
We are one year away from the Iowa caucuses and already several Republican presidential candidates are trying to secure an advantage by talking about their faith. Published February 2, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Another snow job
Today, politicians and their ideological fellow travelers in the media use the normal cycles of the seasons to promote "climate change." Published January 28, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Republican abortion bill shouldn’t be a ‘war on women’
As thousands descended on Washington last week for the annual March for Life, the Republican House of Representatives was busy watering down an anti-abortion bill that restricted abortions after 20 weeks, except in cases of rape or incest, with exemptions allowed only after a police report had been filed. This after a small group of moderate Republican female lawmakers challenged the bill and lobbied for a less restrictive measure. Published January 26, 2015
CAL THOMAS: Winston Churchill, a man for all times
Churchill was more than a leader for his time. He was a man for all time. Published January 21, 2015
